Broadmoor Juniper

'Broadmoor' Juniper

Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor'

Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)

▲ ▼ spreading plants, showing a "mounding" toward center of plant

▲ closer view of leaves-- has both scale and awl-like leaves

Location on campus: north of Kemper Hall, in long bed in median of drive into/out of Bear Park South.

Juniperus sabina ‘Broadmoor:’ ‘Broadmoor’ Savin Juniper

Leaves scale-like, opposite, rounded or blunt-tipped; some leaves on young plants or older branchlets awl-like, 1/6" long with midrib on top; strong "savin" odor and bitter taste
Male clone
Gray-green foliage color with no purpling in winter
Main lateral branches spread horizontally, from these there are many short branchlets that reach up, and center of plant tends to mound up" with age
Slow growth rate
Resistant to Phomopsis blight